In the summer of 2004, a young jihadist in shackles and chains was walked by his captors slowly into the Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq. He was nervous as two American soldiers led him through three brightly-lit buildings and then a maze of wire corridors, into an open yard,...

By Fathi Ibrahim Bayoud; Translation by yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- I wish Syrians’ little dream to renew their passports was not that complicated and victim of opposition’s conflict of interest. However, the scary thing happened, and dream...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Activists have circulated online video showing how Syrian rebels and Islamist battalions stormed regime bases in the embattled town of Daraya west Damascus during this week, taking control on few points after violent...

Germany has announced it is considering sending around 100 soldiers to northern Iraq to train peshmerga forces who are fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told journalists at the Federal...